remember the scene in alienswhen ripley open cargo hold so as to blast the alien queen out into space? the one where the queen was latched on to ripley's shoe and was not letting go?
well i am ripley.
and the queen is the well worn tradition of always living in the same area code as your family so as to be able to be there at a moments notice at the sign of any minor/major catastrophe or assorted holiday event.
the force of outer space sucking the queen, ripley, and everything else in the starship into it's gaping maw is (you guessed it!) work. my current schedule allows about 4 hours o' free time before going to bed if i'm going to get any kind of sleep,with the possibility of working weekends looming over my zombified face as i stumble across the ever-hard concrete floors in a weakened stupor 'cause i always end up staying up late anyways.
ripley's shoe is the proverbial straw. once it slips off, i am free.
so,i don't really know what the shoe is. could be a near death experience. could be a foiled bank robbery in which i (the hero) save some rich guys family and he sees fit to reward me. could be you finally pick up your phone when i call. could be someone sees my yahoo profile and casts me in a movie with deniro, stalone, barbara eden, and burt reynolds.
anyway,here's to analogies!!
well i am ripley.
and the queen is the well worn tradition of always living in the same area code as your family so as to be able to be there at a moments notice at the sign of any minor/major catastrophe or assorted holiday event.
the force of outer space sucking the queen, ripley, and everything else in the starship into it's gaping maw is (you guessed it!) work. my current schedule allows about 4 hours o' free time before going to bed if i'm going to get any kind of sleep,with the possibility of working weekends looming over my zombified face as i stumble across the ever-hard concrete floors in a weakened stupor 'cause i always end up staying up late anyways.
ripley's shoe is the proverbial straw. once it slips off, i am free.
so,i don't really know what the shoe is. could be a near death experience. could be a foiled bank robbery in which i (the hero) save some rich guys family and he sees fit to reward me. could be you finally pick up your phone when i call. could be someone sees my yahoo profile and casts me in a movie with deniro, stalone, barbara eden, and burt reynolds.
anyway,here's to analogies!!
eh the hell with it all..let's just run off to a tropical island and drink, drinks with little umbrellas in them...ok?